7.8

CVE-2017-17125: gnu binutils Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS: 7.8v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-17125DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17125
Published 04-12-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-17125 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in gnu binutils. EPSS estimates a 1.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
42/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.75%
0%100%
Low · +0.11 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
USN-4336-2

Timeline

  1. 04-12-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

nm.c and objdump.c in GNU Binutils 2.29.1 mishandle certain global symbols, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (_bfd_elf_get_symbol_version_string buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted ELF file.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.75%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

77%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.11 pp

From 1.64% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.75%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (sourceware.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • binutils< 2.29.90.20180122-1
Gnu1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • binutilsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

7 links